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Graphic Truth: Federal employment already dropping

Graphic Truth: Federal employment already dropping
Paige Fusco
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to proceed with widespread cuts to the federal workforce, pending a full trial, overruling a San Francisco judge’s order in May that temporarily blocked layoffs at 22 agencies. Prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling, thousands of government employees had been preparing for mass layoffs, with many notified of their pending terminations but awaiting official confirmation.

Here’s a look at the changing size of the federal workforce, which includes the US military, since Trump first took power in 2017.

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